RD336 - Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation


Executive Summary:
Chapter 665, Item 101:J of the 2015 Acts of Assembly includes funding for the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), a 501(c)(3) non-stock corporation, to serve as a catalyst to accelerate and focus life science research momentum at Virginia's universities.

Chapter 665, Item 101:J.5 requires you be provided by November 1 of each year a written report summarizing the activities of the consortium, including, but not limited to, a summary of how any funds disbursed to the consortium during the previous fiscal year were spent, and the consortium's progress during the fiscal year in expanding upon existing research opportunities and stimulating new research opportunities in the Commonwealth.

The detail hereafter provides an update on the specific progress of this initiative to date.